Africa

Legendary: visitors take in the Palace of the Lost City

South Africa's Sun City turns 30

Once the most controversial tourist resort in the world, South Africa's Sun City turns 30 this month – and with England's first World Cup match to be played nearby, it has cause for celebration

Inside Africa

On the road: Butchery and beauty in a Moroccan medina

Saturday, 12 December 2009

On the journey to Bab Boujeloud, the taxi driver proudly points out McDonald's to me. But I'm here to take photos for Fez's Caf� Clock's new cookery book: camel burgers rather than Big Macs. It is suggested that I might want to go to the abattoir to take pictures of the last camel slaughter before Eid al-Adha, the Muslim festival of sacrifice. I turn down the opportunity.

24-Hour Room Service: Tribe – The Village Market Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya

Saturday, 5 December 2009

Grandeur is all very well, but without a touch of glamour a high-end hotel is just that: a smart place to sleep in.

On The Road: The East African market where the brands come cheap

Saturday, 14 November 2009

I am trying to decide between a Gap shirt and a Guess top. My partner has a carrier bag containing a pair of Adidas trainers and a Versace tie. We're not in a Dubai shopping mall or a Manhattan department store. We're shopping at an open market in Kisumu, a dusty little backwater on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya.

A natural wander: Discovers the delights of Cape Town's Disa Gorge trail

Saturday, 7 November 2009

I thought I knew Table Mountain. After five years as a foreign correspondent in South Africa, I thought I had rambled and scrambled over pretty much all of this rocky wilderness half a mile in the sky above Cape Town. Then a friend said: "Ah, but you haven't been up Disa Gorge. You've missed the best bit."